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Europe's largest low cost airline, Ryanair, will enter the Bosnian market this year by introducing flights to Banja Luka. It comes following protracted talks with the government of the Entity of Republika Srpska in Bosnia and Herzegovina. The carrier will introduce two weekly services from Charleroi Airport in Belgium, each Monday and Friday, starting October 29, as well as from Memmingen in Germany from October 30, each Tuesday and Saturday. The Prime Minister of the entity, Željka Cvijanović, has said that "several additional destinations will also be launched" by the airline in the coming period. Tickets for the new routes are already available for purchase through the carrier's website.
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Air Serbia to take former Rossiya jet

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Air Serbia will lease an Airbus A319 aircraft formerly operated by Rossiya Airlines and owned by financing and leasing company GE Capital Aviation Services (GECAS). According to the Russian "Avioport" portal, Rossiya Airlines has confirmed that an A319, registered EI-EZD, will soon undergo painting and a cabin retrofit prior to its delivery to Air Serbia. The jet in question was manufactured in 2006 and is almost twelve years old. The development comes as Rossiya Airlines returns five of its Airbus A320-family aircraft to lessors ahead of the 2018/19 winter season. Air Serbia has neither confirmed nor denied reports whether it will take on the A319 jet.

The aircraft is likely to replace another within the Air Serbia fleet. As reported in January, the Serbian carrier is expected to return some of its narrow-body Airbus-family jets at the end of the year as their leasing contracts expire. The airline has been tight-lipped on its future fleet plans, in particular the delivery of ten Airbus A320neos which are due to begin arriving in the fourth quarter of the year. Commenting on the aircraft, which were secured as part of a major fleet order by equity partner Etihad Airways, the Serbian President, Aleksandar Vučić, said in June he would "have to check" whether the aircraft will be delivered. The delivery of the neos to Air Serbia has been slated in between late 2018 and 2020.

The airline is also yet to address the future of its Boeing fleet, currently utilised primarily by its dedicated charter brand Aviolet. Earlier this year, Air Serbia retired two of the four B737-300s only to return one of them back to service this summer due to a record number of charter operations. Last year, Air Serbia's Chief Operations Officer, Declan Keller, said the carrier could invest in the B737 jets and thus extend their utilisation by a further four to five years. However, such a move would require a costly engine overhaul and a cabin refurbishment. Alternatively, Mr Keller noted that the airline would consider the retirement of two B737s.

Unfortunately, not. Plus, the article says: the Serbian carrier is expected to return some of its narrow-body Airbus-family jets at the end of the year as their leasing contracts expire.This also gives you another idea on how significantly their fleet will be reduced.Just hoping that this will be temporary during the winter season because less fleet = less destinations.

I actually think they need a regional jet plane. Something with the capacity to seat 100 passengers. Jat and now Air Serbia never filled the void of getting rid of the DC9/B727s which were actually the backbone of their fleet. They retired all those planes over night and had no alternative planned. 100-seaters would be perfect for many routes.

That surprised me too. At the end of the day, this type of aircraft is extremely reliable. I think it is one of the most successful aircraft ever. Reliable bird. Remember Lufti? They used them for decades and had an excellent safe record. As for JU, just imagine the history they had since Jat.Anyway, a Max 8 upgrade won't be bad at all.

They currently have a code-share on the BEG-SOF route with FB that apparently is working quite well, which really surprises me. From what I have read they have a mix of transfer and business travellers and decent load factor.Last year, they used to regularly send the A319 to SOF especially on weekdays, which proves that there are business travellers on the route. I hope they consider those extra early morning flights, connecting JFK. SOF-BEG used to be 9 weekly but I believe the fleet reduction led to them cutting them to 7.Also, what bothers me is that FB is not launching any flights to BEG, but I think it would be tricky to fill an Embraer 190 jet (108 seats).

It's good that there are no major cuts to the network this winter. @Realan I doubt there is any chance for Toronto this winter. They would have had to announce it a long time ago. But if they do plan Toronto next year, then I expect them to announce it next month.

If they will not take all 10 A320neo, 28 million USD deposit is history, will stay in Etihad. But in same time they will be some extra penalty and that would be not cheap. 28 million will be nothing in number they would pay in the end.

So the aircraft in question comes with CFM engines compared to IAE engines mounted on the existing A319/A320 fleet. Probably a more sensible option as CFM are more common and probably cheaper to get. But on the other hand there's higher maintenance cost of having two engine types on a fleet of only 10 aircraft.

I can imagine the extra cost for extra parts for only two airbus cfm engines + higher oil consumption consumption compaired with v2500. Mechanics having only Airbus course with RR engine, can not sign for airbus with CFM, so the need a few days of school to get the CFM in their lic.

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